Comparison between laser scanning in vivo confocal microscopy and noncontact specular microscopy in assessing corneal endothelial cell density and central corneal thickness

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 754-759

  Salvetat, Maria Letizia ^a   Zeppieri, Marco ^a   Miani, Flavia ^a   Parisi, Lucia ^a   Felletti, Mirella ^a   Brusini, Paolo ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

cell density; corneal endothelium; corneal thickness; laser scanning confocal microscopy; noncontact specular microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER SCANNING IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONCONTACT SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA EXAMINATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959259357     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182000c5d     Document Type: Article

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